Do you enjoy hitting the books？ It doesn't mean you enjoy beating your books with your hand． That may be reasonable if you don't understand something inside your books． Hitting the books just means that you are studying hard． You can learn a lot when you hit the books． （1）Especially before exams，most students spend a lot of time hitting the books to get good grades．
This is just one example of expressions that can't be understood by taking them apart（分开）word by word． Expressions like this are called idioms（习语）． They are an important part of a culture's language． Languages and cultures are closely connected． One example of an idiom in the Chinese language is "dui niu tan qin"， or "to play the lute（拨弦乐器）to a cow．" （2）这意味着某人在说话或写作时不考虑其听众或读者．
Let's get back to idioms that begin with the word "hit"． （3）There are many of them in English，but it's not that easy for you to understand．
One common idiom you may hear in English is "hit the road"． It means to leave or to go． You can say， "Hey， I need to hit the road． Can we talk about this another time？" Or simply， "It's time to hit the road．" When you are tired and you want to go to bed， you can say， "I need to hit the hay（干草）．" It means you want to go to sleep．（4）That's because a bed was often a big bag with hay inside in the past．
（5）习语使你的语言生动而有趣． Let's hit the road to learn some and try to use them．
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那个笑话那么有趣，以至于我们都情不自禁地笑了。
The joke was ________ funny _______ we couldn’t help laughing. 昨晚你和你的朋友们玩得高兴吗？
Did you _________ _________ __________ your friends last night? 今天早上因为交通拥挤我迟到了。
I was late ________ ________ ________ ________.糟糕的污染使我想要组织一个清洁运动。
Terrible pollution ________ ________ ________ ________ organize a clean-up campaign.这儿有一些对学生们有用的建议。
Here are some ________ _________ _________ helpful to students.
I saw Jack sitting (在……旁边) Jim talking.
I don’t understand the meaning of this (符号).
My sister got the answer to the (谜语) very quickly.
Many people are against (做实验) on animals.
He gave me a (恰当的) example, so I understood it easily.
我们没有理由迟到。
There is for us .在周末，我习惯于晚起。
On weekends, I . 他费尽心思帮助我。
He .我发现忘记那次经历很难。
I find that experience. 正如你所能想象到的，情况与我们国内的大不一样。
you can imagine, things are the way they are at home.
他们有相当宽松的规定。(pretty relaxing)
我们从未不提前打电话就拜访朋友家。(without)
作为一名学生，你应该努力学习。(be supposed to)
你若晚到一会儿也不要紧。(a bit late)
吃太多的油和盐对我们的健康不利。(eating)
我花了大约一个半小时的时间看这部电影。(spend)
__________________________________________ 我发现这里的食物美味又便宜。(both … and … )
_______________________________________________这个公园是供人们散步的好地方。(take a walk)
______________________________________________ 你这些天一直忙着做什么？(these days)
__________________________________________ 你能告诉我这附近有超市吗？(if)
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